Little Richard died. Otis, Jimi & Prince come out of Richard. Richard x Jimi x James = Prince
Otis was from Macon- Richard's stomp. Thus his first disc was a shout record:
Heavily influenced by Little Richard = Jerry Lee Lewis. Richard was the first outrageous soul act to go mainstream:
Little Richard influenced hairstyles, rags, showpersonship, f/ the uninhibited performers, outrageousness, f/ a generation of acts as ranged as Screamin' Jay Hawkins & James Brown. Jimi played in his band:
Little Richard's platters made their way to British air bases, where servicepersons played them, shared them w/ teens, & where Geo. Harrison's mom worked:
An early shout record by James (Richard's fellow Georgian):
James Brown @ the T.A.M.I Show (which changed Mick Jagger's style). Straight Outta Little Richard:
Soul Brother No. 1, a blues shouter in the tradition of Little Richard:
Little Richard fired this sideperson because he was too flashy, & was rocking ruffled shirts like the bandleader:
When Otis Redding was a Macon high schooler, local product Little Richard was bringing down houses on Alan Freed's rock 'n roll tours. A decade later:
The King Of Shout:
